The Sabotage Montage on tape, containing all four Quadrants:
• Vernus
• Estivus
• Autumnus
• Hibernus
Packaging, pad print artwork and slipcase designed by Rswll. This special release is limited to only 96 copies and will not be reproduced. Each copy is numbered in black Sharpie by Rswll's hand.
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Info
- Wrapped in a Double Cassette Slipcase (w/ Thumbholes)
- Clear Cassette with Metallic Red Liner
- Super Ferro Normal-Bias Tape
- Unique Pad Prints on Each Side of the Cassettes
- Professionally Real-Time Duplicated
Includes unlimited streaming of Vernus
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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It's like the flip of "Transmogrification", as the nascent pain of self-awareness finally materialises. It’s no fun to be the bad guy, to be the third wheel, the wedge in a relationship. It's no fun to be barking up the wrong tree for the millionth time. It's no fun loving someone who doesn't love you back.
This actually began as a ponderous ballad, but I obviously couldn’t stomach that for long, and so it eventually morphed into this funky prog-rock-slow-disco, “Bittersweet Symphony” thing instead. The bridge here was the ballad's chorus. I like how sparse yet melodramatic the production is. Probably my favourite vocal performance on the whole project—the ridiculous wailing at the end sounds like I'm being vanquished to the netherworld, honestly. I live for it.
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lyrics
Good enough to fuck so I’ll never be good enough
To be your friend
Good enough to start so I’ll never be smart enough
To see the end
Good enough to play but I’ll never be number one
I know the game
Dumb enough to win, thinking pawns are bound to change
Well, the king’s the same
Tallies on the wall, gotta face that final score
Thought I was a hero but I’m not sure anymore
(Oh)
I’m your supervillain
I’m your supervillain, huh?
I’m your supervillain
I’m your supervillain so
Screw my stupid feelings
If I’m the supervillain in the end
In the end
I’m your supervillain
I’m your supervillain, huh?
I’m your supervillain
I’m your supervillain so
Maybe you might kill me
If I’m the supervillain in the end
In the end
Good enough to fight so I’ll never need a hand to hold, no
Entirely enough when I have a half painted gold
You’re good enough to love but I’ll never love you that way
Bad enough, I think of myself just the same
Well the tally’s on the wall, gotta face that final score
I could’ve been a hero but I’m not that anymore, no
I’m your supervillain
I’m your supervillain, huh?
I’m your supervillain
I’m your supervillain, so
Screw my stupid feelings
If I’m the supervillain in the end
In the end
I’m your supervillain
I’m your supervillain, huh?
I’m your supervillain
I’m your supervillain, so
Maybe you might kill me
If I’m the supervillain in the end
In the end
Afraid to explain why
Divinities never save my case
Shape the matrices of my own damnation
Rather than the victim
I guess I’m your supervillain in the end
In the end
In the end
In the end, end, end
In the end, end, end
In the end
I’m your supervillain
I’m your supervillain, huh?
I’m your supervillain
I’m your supervillain, so
Maybe you might kill me
If I’m the supervillain in the end
In the end
(I’m your supervillain
I’m your supervillain, huh?)
I’m your supervillain
I’m your supervillain, so
Maybe you should kill me
If I’m the supervillain in the end
In the end
Multi-instrumentalist and producer Harvey Carter's light touch makes his pleasant indie electronica sparkle and move. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 12, 2024
